taunton-hobbit

See, the problem I have with all this twaddle (how do you do the 'cross out' thing?) stuff is that I come from the 'bung another 83 in & it'll work' generation - and, amazingly, it did !

Does the Bassist have to still have his handle in place?

Ok, (only) slightly off-topic, I watched a tv show a few years back that had Rod Stewart & Tom Jones both with lyric sheets....(& they are worth how much?)

Had an amazing hotel in deepest Oxfordshire (s'probably retirement flats by now) that my agent used to throw at me when they were up sh*t creek - we demanded food as part of the gig (been doing a local carnival all day, had to drop everything to get to the hotel)-got there and their faces fell (the dislike was mutual) - anyways they grudgingly supplied us with tea and fingers of toast with something fishy on them........about ten minutes in we were asked to turn it down, because of complaints from an elderly guest that some idiot had put in directly above the function room - said complaints continued until we were playing lower than lift music, so after about an hour, we extracted our money and left...never saw the place again, thank goodness....

Look at something on the left field, like a rackmount 'disco' mixer - they will feed straight into a bunch of power amps and the lift/cut tone variants are many & varied (cheap, too)

Lee Perry - The Black Ark Years.......I listen to a lot of dub.......

Jeffs the man.....end of.......

About the same time Noah was building the Ark, the band that I was 'vocalist' for (mainly because I knew the lyrics to 'Baby Please Don't go) had their bassist jack it in, but left the guitar behind, so I got appointed bassist....it was a disaster (even worse than my vocal sh*t) - which is why I took up Sound System work & made a few bob - moral - find what you can do & earn off it?

Yup, awesome and made thirty-eight years ago.....point made, methinks.......

Jeff has the serial number records, which is what I was trying to get to - he's the current owner of Matamp and has an amazing grip of the Brand history - not all the numbers are to hand, before anyone gets carried away - without the number, its just another amp - the EBay pics gave a printed serial number of 250, from which I'm assuming that the 100 heads were different numbers to the 200s (of which I had two, both of which had painted numbers, one of which I'm fairly sure, was 325 - long time ago now)- I currently have a couple of 300 Matamp original slaves, of which there were only about 20 made (I know, roughly, the whereabouts of another two or three, one of which is in the USA)....the early stuff is nice, but getting well overpriced for what it is. Before you start ringing Jeff, he's a busy bloke...just sayin'......

WOW! All this from a simple(?) question........ I'd like to see what Bill Maurice or Alex Claber think.. ...imo if you stick another speaker in circuit that cuts out one of the existing pair, and space it as good distance away from the amp, you will spread your sound, which can give the illusion of 'more'.

I preferred my answer, but then I'm old & frail (shuffles off for Ovaltine laced with bootleg Vodka).

It's very quiet around here............(just an observation) (whistles to himself)

If it says minimum, it means it won't like 2 ohms a lot (burning smell) - I'd talk to Ashdown, but I think, like many, you are trying to get out of a situation at the minimum cost - nothing wrong with that, but 'yer gets wot yer pays for' at the end of the day...............

Can I offer a real-life example? Back in the Stone Age I did a short residency at the Marquee with David Bowie - he used, as I recall, a 50watt WEM amp and a set (pair) of column speakers - after the first gig, he came back with a duplicate set of kit and two mics, taped together, so he had a 100watt pa, using two amps, four speakers and two mics - it's easier these days........... .....................I realise that op was posting about bass, but the same principle applies............

London is a big place - I'd suggest that you do a net search for entertainment agencies and send some email/make a few calls - most of it will be a total waste of time, but I gigged the Marquee, 100 Club & a handful of others from Agency contacts. You just have to be sure that your agent knows what you do - a good demo is vital........ Edit: I'd offer some promoter suggestions, but most of the ones that I knew are dead - several deservedly so.........

I hate to be obvious, but if I want more volume/power, I add another amplifier (and speaker/s if not a combo) - dilemma sorted...........

Many, many years ago a band called The New Breed had a pirate radio 'hit' with 'Friends & Lovers Forever'. Musically it was a full lift of 'Hang on Sloopy' by the McCoys...................

The Orange Matamp on UK Ebay 'sold' last night, unless it's the one in Australia, or the one in the USA (not that I watch this stuff) there is a 'black handle' one also in America, but I wasn't interested............... Edit - The UK one was posted by 'Brambled Bass' ..it was also listed as an Orange Graphic, which it wasn't...just an observation.........

If it says 'Orange Matamp' on the front, it's an amp made for Orange by Matamp (Radiocraft, Huddersfield). A serial number would be handy, is it painted on or printed (makes a difference)? I've got a few, so I know the breed- if you want to pm, feel free, there's a lot of 'history' there (much myth as well)

I used to have advertising accounts with Melody Maker, so got it free, posted weekly - there is an internet site that publishes large amounts of the old band/gig ads (can't remember the name) - I used to love the band ads - Nos moking -Tony Knights Chessmen - Alexis Korner - Jon Hisemans Colosseum come to mind - The 'old' Marquee always ran a display ad, as did many more. I also used to get 'Blues and Soul' at the time, some good stuff in there...it's a good place to visit, but not so hot that you'd really want to live there (the past, that is)..........

Have a glance at Barefaced - interesting Company, good product..............

^^^^ Denise LaSalle - 1985 I have it on a cd..........I'll get me coat...........

>>>>>> Try phoning the pub & asking? EDIT : It was a serious suggestion, the pub can give you an idea of capacity, room size, your available set-up space, after all, it's their venue & in their interests to help when reasonable questions are asked......... v v v

Food 'out' is often iffy - make sure that you have anti-crap caps in the kit, there's nothing worse than standing in front of a thousand or so people and wondering frantically if you are going to make it to a break 'without'............